Kilmaurs railway station

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Kilmaurs National Rail
Kilmaurs station, looking towards Stewarton prior to enhancements
Location
Place Kilmaurs
Local authority East Ayrshire
Coordinates 55°38′12″N 4°31′50″W / 55.6368°N 4.5306°W / 55.6368; -4.5306Coordinates: 55°38′12″N 4°31′50″W / 55.6368°N 4.5306°W / 55.6368; -4.5306
Grid reference NS408410
Operations
Station code KLM
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03  68,012
2004/05 Increase 68,299
2005/06 Increase 69,436
2006/07 Increase 72,497
2007/08 Increase 73,446
2008/09 Increase 77,640
2009/10 Increase 81,032
2010/11 Increase 95,982
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE SPT
Zone K2
History
Original company Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping CR and G&SWR
Post-grouping LMS
26 June 1873 Opened[1]
7 November 1966 Closed[1]
12 May 1984 Re-opened[1]
2009 Platform extended
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kilmaurs from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Kilmaurs railway station is a railway station in the town of Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The original Kilmaurs station was opened on 26 June 1873 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway.[1] The buildings on the Up platform (the platform for trains to Kilmarnock and the South) were destroyed by fire in 1914 and replaced by a brick building which, until its closure in 1966, was the only one in south west Scotland to be centrally heated.[citation needed] To the south of the station, a signal box containing 17 levers controlled the section and allowed access to a goods yard.

The station officially closed on 7 November 1966.[1] The current station opened on 12 May 1984.

Platform extension work started in September 2009 to cater for longer units associated with the track doubling works between Stewarton and Lugton.[2]

Being close to Kilmarnock station the guards often failed to sell tickets to all passengers travelling to Kilmarnock. In 2012 a ticket machine was installed at the station.

Service

2010 service pattern

Since the doubling of the line between Lugton and Stewarton in December 2009 the service pattern has been:

  • Mondays to Saturdays - a mainly half-hourly service northbound to Glasgow Central and southbound to Kilmarnock, with selected services extended beyond Kilmarnock towards Carlisle, Newcastle, Girvan, Ayr and Stranraer.
  • Sundays - hourly each way served by trains between Glasgow Central and Kilmarnock, with a few extended south towards Dumfries and Carlisle.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kilmarnock   First ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
   Stewarton
Historical railways
Kilmarnock   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
   Stewarton

Gallery

  • Inaugural run souvenir ticket for 12 May 1984

  • Looking towards Kilmarnock (note the new shelter), 2007

  • Looking towards Stewarton, 2007

  • Kilmaurs station approach, 2008

  • Kilmaurs from the Floors farm bridge

  • Platform extension works - looking towards Stewarton

  • Platform extension works - looking towards Kilmarnock

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Butt (1995), page 133
  2. ↑ "Network Rail Strategic Plan". Retrieved 2009-11-12. 

Sources

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